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US-8356998

Portable information processing device

PublishedJanuary 22, 2013
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Technical Abstract

A portable information processing device includes a circuit board portion that has a main body portion side board mounting an electronic circuit thereon and forming a main body portion, and a connector portion side board forming a connector portion for connection to electronic equipment, wherein the main body portion side board mounts an electronic circuit on at least one of a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and is provided with a main body portion side electro-static discharge line which functions as an electro-static discharge surge arrester at an edge portion of a surface on which at least an electronic circuit is mounted, and wherein the connector portion side board is provided with a connector portion side electro-static discharge line which is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line and functions as an electro-static emission portion.

Patent Claims
10 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A portable information processing device comprising: a circuit board portion that has a main body portion side board mounting an electronic circuit thereon and forming a main body portion, and a connector portion side board forming a connector portion for connection to electronic equipment, wherein the main body portion side board of the circuit board portion mounts an electronic circuit on at least one of a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and is provided with a main body portion side electro-static discharge line which functions as an electro-static discharge surge arrester at an edge portion of a surface on which at least an electronic circuit is mounted, and wherein the connector portion side board of the circuit board portion is provided with a connector portion side electro-static discharge line which is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line and functions as an electro-static emission portion, on at least one of the first surface and the second surface.

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2. The portable information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating support casing that supports the connector portion side board from one surface side, wherein the connector portion side electro-static discharge line is formed on the second surface, and wherein a discharge path is formed between at least a part of the connector portion side electro-static discharge line and an air layer which leads to outside via the insulating support casing.

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3. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge path includes a hole which is formed in the connector portion side board in the vicinity of a tip portion of the connector portion side electro-static discharge line, and an air layer which communicates with the hole and leads to outside of the support casing.

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4. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the support casing is also disposed at a tip surface side of the connector portion side board, and wherein the discharge path includes a notch which is formed at a tip portion of the connector portion side board in the vicinity of the connector portion side electro-static discharge line, and an air layer which communicates with the notch and leads to outside of the support casing.

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5. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein a connection portion of electronic equipment which is a connection target device has a housing which guides insertion or removal of an opening portion of the connector portion, and wherein an end portion of the support casing comes into contact with a lateral surface which is present in the insertion direction inside the housing, and the discharge path leads to the lateral surface.

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6. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the discharge path includes a hole which is formed in the support casing from a part of the connector portion side electro-static discharge line which leads to outside.

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7. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein a connection portion of electronic equipment which is a connection target device has a housing which guides insertion or removal of an opening portion of the connector portion, wherein the housing includes a conductive locking portion which locks at least a part of the support casing therein in the insertion direction of the connector portion, and wherein the discharge path includes a hole which is formed in the support casing from the connector portion side electro-static discharge line located at a position corresponding to the locking portion which leads to the locking portion when the connector portion is connected to the connection portion of electronic equipment.

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8. The portable information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the main body portion side board of the circuit board portion mounts electronic circuits on the first surface and the second surface, wherein a first connector portion side electro-static discharge line which functions as an electro-static discharge emission portion is formed at an edge portion of the first surface, wherein a second connector portion side electro-static discharge line which is connected to the first electro-static discharge line in a circuital way and functions as an electro-static discharge emission portion is formed at an edge portion of the second surface, and wherein the connector portion side board of the circuit board portion is provided with a connector portion side electro-static discharge line which is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line and functions as an electro-static discharge emission portion, on the second surface of at least one of two edges located at sides perpendicular to a direction where the connector portion is inserted into or removed from the electronic equipment.

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9. The portable information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the connector portion side board of the circuit board portion is provided with connection terminals including a ground terminal on the first surface, wherein the main body portion side board of the circuit board portion is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line on the first surface, and wherein the ground terminal is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line as the connector portion side electro-static discharge line.

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10. The portable information processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the connection terminals include a shield ground terminal and a signal ground terminal, and wherein the shield ground terminal is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line as the connector portion side electro-static discharge line.

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Filing Date

September 30, 2011

Publication Date

January 22, 2013

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